{"id":22741,"date":"2025-09-10T13:21:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T11:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.studentenwerk-magdeburg.de\/?p=22741"},"modified":"2025-09-11T14:48:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T12:48:23","slug":"find-accommodation-recognise-rental-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.studentenwerk-magdeburg.de\/en\/find-accommodation-recognise-rental-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Find accommodation &amp; recognise rental scams!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear international students, finding a suitable room or a shared flat can be a real challenge \u2013 especially in a new country. To ensure you are well prepared and don&#8217;t<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-custom-hoch\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.studentenwerk-magdeburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/some_swmd_herbst2025_rentalscam-540x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.studentenwerk-magdeburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/some_swmd_herbst2025_rentalscam-540x675.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.studentenwerk-magdeburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/some_swmd_herbst2025_rentalscam-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.studentenwerk-magdeburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/some_swmd_herbst2025_rentalscam-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/www.studentenwerk-magdeburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/some_swmd_herbst2025_rentalscam-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/www.studentenwerk-magdeburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/some_swmd_herbst2025_rentalscam-1080x1350.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.studentenwerk-magdeburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/some_swmd_herbst2025_rentalscam-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>fall into the trap of rental fraud or dubious offers, we cordially invite you to our information event:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Date: 12 September 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Time: 2 &#8211; 4pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Location: digital by Zoom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Language: English<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/ovgu.zoom-x.de\/j\/69756998992\">https:\/\/ovgu.zoom-x.de\/j\/69756998992<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Will be linked in our Instagram story on Friday.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What can you expect?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Useful tips and strategies for finding accommodation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What to look out for in online offers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How rental scams work \u2013 and how to recognise them<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The event is organised by the Studentenwerk Magdeburg and takes place<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>in cooperation with the Police Saxony-Anhalt. We look forward to seeing you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear international students, finding a suitable room or a shared flat can be a real challenge \u2013 especially in a new country. To ensure you are well prepared and don&#8217;t fall into the trap of rental fraud or dubious offers, we cordially invite you to our information event: Link: https:\/\/ovgu.zoom-x.de\/j\/69756998992 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.studentenwerk-magdeburg.de\/en\/find-accommodation-recognise-rental-scams\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[36,34,121,35],"class_list":["post-22741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-soziales","category-wohnen","tag-halberstadt-en","tag-magdeburg-en","tag-stendal-2","tag-wernigerode-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.studentenwerk-magdeburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.studentenwerk-magdeburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.studentenwerk-magdeburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.studentenwerk-magdeburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.studentenwerk-magdeburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22741"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.studentenwerk-magdeburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22780,"href":"https:\/\/www.studentenwerk-magdeburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22741\/revisions\/22780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.studentenwerk-magdeburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.studentenwerk-magdeburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.studentenwerk-magdeburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}